Improvement in combined baby jumper and carriage



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M. P. GILLEN. Combined Baby-Jumper and Carriage.

No. 200,652. Patented Feb. 26,1878.

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Combined Baby-Jumper and Carriage.

No. 200,652. Patented Feb. 26,1878.

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MARK P. GILLEN, OF FOBRESTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WM. J.GILLEN, or GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED BABY JUMPER AND CARRIAGE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,652, dated February26, 1878; application filed December 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK P. GILLEN, of Forreston, in the county of Ogleand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Baby Jumper and Carriage and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a combined baby jumper and carriage, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention arranged as a carriage.Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same with a basket substituted for thecarriage-body. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are enlarged detailed views ofparts thereof.

A represents the bed or bed-frame of the baby-carriage, mounted uponaxles a a, on the ends of which the wheels B B are placed. These partsare intended to be so constructed that the front wheels shall be smallerthan the hind wheels, as is usual in all sorts of carriages. 7 Near thefront end of the bed A are secured two upright standards, 0 O, the upperends of which are forked or formed with bearings for the reception ofjournals or trunnions b 1), projecting from the sides of a platform, D,for supporting the carriage-body or the basket. These journals ortrunnions are located about one-third the distance (more or less) of theentire length from the front end of the platform, and it is held inposition by the following means: On the front end of the bed A aresecured two bars, E E, which are formedrwith series of hooks c e, andconnected by spiral springs d d with similar hooked bars E E on theunder side, at the front end of the platform D.

The springs d d may be adjusted forward or backward in the hooked bars EE, according to the weight of the baby and if the distance from one hookto the next should be too great to balance properly, the carriage-bodymay be adjusted forward or backward on the platform.

At the rear end of the platform a coil-spring, k, connects it with thebed A, for holding the parts in position. This spring also holds theplatform from getting out of the standards 0.

G represents the carriage body or box, slid-.

ing upon guides or ways f f, attached to the sides of the platform, andthe bodyor box is held in any position thereon by a set-screw, h. H Hare the handles, connected by a crossbar, I, at their upper ends. Thesehandles are made reversible from one end of the carriage to the other.

On each side of the bed A, near each end, is fastened a metal box, J,the inner end of which is turned over to form a catch, m. On the lowerend of each handle H is fastened a flanged plate or hook, at, and on theback of the handle is attached a spring-arm, L, having a single hole atm.

For attaching the handles, the hooks n are passed into the boxes J Imtilcaught by the catches m. By now bearing down upon the handles the arms Lpass down against the end of the bed until the holes as spring over pins3 in the bed, whereby the handles are held firmly in position. Byreleasing the arms L from the pins y, the handles can be removed, and inlike manner attached at the other end of the bed.

To convert the carriage into a baby-jumper,

the body G is removed from the platform D and the box or basket P put inits place, adjusted, and fastened in the same manner as described forthe carriage-body. A treadle, B, is then, by a rod, 1), connected with ascreweye, 8, in the under side of the platform, for rocking the same onits journals.

When used as a baby-jumper, one of the wheels is locked by means of ahook, O, pivoted on top of the bed A, and turning so as to catch on oneof the spokes of the wheel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the bedAwith standards O O, the platform D, hungin the standards upon trunnions b b, the hooked bars E E, adjustablecoil-springs d d, and the spring 70, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

2. The platform D, supported upon trunnions, rocked by means of springs,and provided with guides or ways f f, to receive an adjustable slidingcarriage body or basket, as herein set forth.

3. The handles H H, provided with hooks n, and spring-arms L, with holes00, in combination with the bed A, having pins y, and the boxes J, withcatches m, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my bwn I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

- MARK I. GILLEN. Witnesses:

PHILIP SMITH, ANTHONY OMELIA.

